Wednesday’s game against the Boston Celtics should have been a cakewalk for the Houston Rockets. Not only were the Celtics on the second half of a road back-to-back, but they were also missing Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Sam Hauser. Boston was so depleted that Joe Mazzulla was forced to start backups Baylor Scheierman, Luka Garza and Ron Harper Jr. — a trio with 13 combined NBA starts — alongside Derrick White and Neemias Queta. The Rockets entered the game favored by 7.5 points, and it probably should have been more. After all, they’d won eight of their last 10…
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The Boston Red Sox addressed their need for an infielder on Wednesday, reportedly signing utility man Isiah Kiner-Falefa to a one-year contract. Kiner-Falefa, 30, is a versatile defender with big-league experience at every position except first base. He has primarily played shortstop (450 games), third base (234 games) and second base (90 games) in his eight-year MLB career. Last season, Kiner-Falefa played in 119 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates before being claimed off waivers by the American League champion Toronto Blue Jays. In 138 games between Pittsburgh and Toronto, he slashed .262/.297/.334 with two home runs and 40 RBI. The…
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Tony Dews remembers the phone call. For him, it was a routine checkup on one of his players. He had just been hired as the Patriots’ new running backs coach, and wanted to begin laying relationship bricks on a regular March day. For Rhamondre Stevenson, that afternoon was one of the last he ever spent with his father. “I call all the guys every couple of weeks or so, and I called the check on (Stevenson), and he was doing well,” Dews remembered. “His dad was there, and while I was talking to him, his dad…
Who is he and where did he come from?He’s Isiah Kiner-Falefa. The former Ranger also spent time with the Yankees before signing a 2-year, $15 million deal with the Blue Jays in 2024, who then traded him to the Pirates at that year’s trade deadline, only to take him back a year later after he was cut by Pittsburgh. He’s best known as the man who failed to take a secondary lead and got picked off at the plate as a pinch runner in the World Series. If this all sounds familiar, it’s because I conditionally passed on him on…
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Brad Marchand scored in the fourth round of the shootout in his return to Florida’s lineup after missing two games to give the Panthers a 5-4 win over the Boston Bruins, his former team, on Wednesday night.Anton Lundell had a goal and two assists for his second three-point game of the season, while Matthew Tkachuk and Uvis Balinskis had a goal and an assist each as the Panthers ended a four-game losing streak. Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves.Michael Eyssimont scored twice for the Bruins, who have lost two straight games in Florida in a shootout, including…
The Seattle Seahawks were potentially dealt a significant blow prior to Super Bowl LX. Nick Emmanwori, their rookie safety who has been described as an “animal” by Tom Brady, suffered an ankle injury during practice on Wednesday at San Jose State University, according to a pool report released by the Pro Football Writers of America. “He had an ankle today,” Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said, per the report. “We brought him in to look at it, and we’ll kind of go from there to figure out what are the next steps?” NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport shared that the club…
Brad Marchand was not expected to play on Wednesday night. He did and, of course, the former Bruin captain lifted the Florida Panthers to a 5-4 shootout victory over the B’s. But unlike the shootout loss in Tampa on Sunday, this one could be considered a good loser point. The Bruins got third-period goals from Mark Kastelic and Casey Mittelstadt to erase a 4-2 deficit to send it to overtime, where both Joonas Korpisalo and Sergei Bobrovsky had to make several high danger saves. The best news for the B’s – and Team USA – was that Charlie McAvoy survived…
In today’s video, I break down every NBA game on the Wednesday, February 4, 2026 slate and share my predictions, early leans, and betting picks for spreads, over/under totals, and NBA player props. Plays: Payton Pritchard Over 14.5 Points (0.5 units, -144 DraftKings) Payton Pritchard Over 19.5 Points + Assists (0.25 units, -147 DraftKings) Thunder ML (0.33 units, -111 ProphetX) Thunder/Spurs Over 219.5 (0.33 units, -132 NoVig) Grizzlies Team Total Under 117.5 (0.75 units, -141 DraftKings) Cavs Team Total Over 110.5 (0.75 units, -140 MGM) Alperen Sengun Over 5.5 Assists (0.33 units, -130 FanDuel) #RideoftheDay at the bottom of the…
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Cooper Kupp’s first foray into NFL free agency ultimately led him to Seattle. But before the veteran wide receiver signed with the Seahawks last spring, he drew interest from their Super Bowl LX opponent, the Patriots. “They had reached out,” Kupp said Wednesday at Seattle’s Super Bowl hotel. “They were interested, then they kind of went dark. So I think there was something there initially, but it never (advanced).” The Super Bowl LVI MVP, who was released by the Los Angeles Rams last March, said he “would have been open” to signing with the Patriots because…
Julie Letai felt like everything was working against her. It started with a torn labrum in her hip that required surgery in October 2024. A rash of other injuries over the course of the year followed for the short-track speedskater from Medfield. Each injury pushed her away from the ice for weeks at a time. That fueled questions in her own mind if she would be ready for the World Cup trials this past September, an event she needed to perform well at to keep her Olympic dream alive. And deep down, Letai felt her chance of making the 2026…